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GOLD STRIKE ON A FARM
A small farm in the village of Henneman, near Johannesburg, has literally struck gold, making the owner very rich. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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Prince George Visits Pit Disaster Scene
HRH drives over from Chatsworth to condole with waiting crowd at Grassmoor Colliery, near Chesterfield. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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Czech Miners Clear Havoc Of Explosion
Country's worst disaster in coal shaft spreads vast ruin, involving many fatalities at Osseg. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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THE ROYAL NIGERIAN TOUR
On the Durbar ground at Kaduna, a model village faithfully reproduced the every day life of the people of the Northern Region. The Queen was delighted by the typical game being played by a cheerful bunch of youngsters. Meanwhile the Duke...
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DOWN A MINE
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother descended over fourteen hundred feet into the Road Antelope copper mine, where she spent some time watching the operations and talking with men of the job. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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KATANGA - CONFLICT AND CONFUSION
Our pictures show Ethiopian Troops of the UN Forces consolidating their positions in Elisabethville, capital of the would-be break-away state. Details of the fighting are far from clear, but the UN Forces, commanded by the Indian General...
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RACE AGAINST TIME
Lengede near Hanover, where forty miners lost their lives after thousands of tons of mud and water had collapsed into the shaft of an iron ore mine. But in an air pocket 270 feet below the surface, three men survived. Disclaimer: British...
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AUTOMATION IN THE MINE
At the largest copper mine in Southern Rhodesia, electronics and automation are the keywords. Push-button proficiency for controlled copper production. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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THE MUIRKIRK DISASTER
Seventeen Ayrshire miners lost their lives in the disaster at Kames Colliery. All were men of Muirkirk. Eleven others were injured by the pit explosion. The rescue operations involved a two-mile journey along damaged galleries, deep down...
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LIDICE SHALL LIVE
The ""Lidice-shall-live"" Movement, conceived in Britain very soon after the Nazis' brutal blotting-out of the Czechoslovak village, received its official blessing when President Benes recently visited Hanley, in Staffordshire....
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Signs Multiply Of Better Time Coming
Hope revives in industrial Lancashire, as mills and mines re-open and fires are stoked afresh. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT KEEPS MINERS FIT - NO SOUND
Miners are given a two minute daily dose of sun-ray treatment to help compensate for the time they spend underground. The innovation was first introduced at Doncaster and is expected to spread to other areas. Disclaimer: British...
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ABERFAN TODAY
Exactly three years after the disaster in which 144 people lost their lives, we revisit this Welsh mining valley to see progress on the removal of the coal tips to a mountain site well away from the community. Disclaimer: British...
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DURHAM PIT DISASTER SCENES
Easington Colliery has suffered the worst mining disaster in County Durham for over forty years; comrades and relatives of the entombed men have been told that hope of rescuing them alive must be abandoned. Lord Hyndley, Chairman of the...
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH VISITS MINES -
Mosley Common Colliery was one of the places visited by the Duke of Edinburgh during his tour of coal mines in Lancashire. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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UNDERMINING MANCHESTER
Damage estimated at more than a million pounds has been caused by the Coal Board's major extensions to Bradford Colliery. The pit, more than 100 years old, has recently undergone extensive modernisation. Besides damage to factory...
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ROYAL VISIT TO COLLIERY- COLOUR
HM The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh - visited the coalface of Silverwood Colliery. Her Majesty unveiled a plaque to commemorate the visit and the Royal Party travelled by ""paddy wagon"" to the Swallow Wood Seam....
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LOFTHOUSE COLLIERY DISASTER
A mine disaster at Lofthouse Colliery, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Seven men are trapped 700 feet underground, behind a wall of water, pouring in from a disused shaft nearby. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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BEVIN'S BOYS -
Mr Bevin's ""ballotees"" prepare to go down the mines, at a Training Centre in Swinton, Lancs., they are taught truck handling etc. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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CAN598 RHODESIAN PRIME MINISTER IAN SMITH OPENS NEW COPPER MINE
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith opens new copper mine.
1. ls trucks travelling along raised dirt track
2. ws reservoir near mine
3. ws crowd seated on chairs outside of mine shaft
4. ms Smith stands at microphone
5. cu finger presses...
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SYND 28 1 68 IRON MINE DISTASTER
12 more miners are killed at the Iron mine in Lengade, Germany. A previous disaster happened, at the same mine, in October 1963
1. cu Iron Mine sign
2. ls Iron mine buildings
3. gv van along
4. tractor towing tubs from mine shaft...
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CAN 581 EMPEROR SELASSIE AND ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT VISIT COPPER MINE
Emperor Hailie Selassie of Ethiopia and President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia visit a copper mine in Kitwe, Zambia.
1. ws tilt up mine shaft
2. ms Emperor Selassie and President Kaunda step from mine cage
3. ws top of mine shaft
4. ms...
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SYND 27 10 67 GOLD MINING PROCESS
Soviet gold mining in the Kolyma Peninsula.
1. vs mining area
2. ms bulldozer
3. cu driver
4. ms high presssure hose
5. cu workman
6. ms hose washing earth on coveyor belt
7. ms gold washing machine
8. ws waterlogged field
9. vs dredgers...
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China - 153 miners trapped after mine flooded
Rescuers try to free 153 miners trapped after mine flooded
Hejin County - 29 March 2010
1. Wide exterior of Wangjialing Coal mine with workers and rescue teams
2. Mid of miners pulling cart on rails loaded with pipes
3. Wide of miners...